Silver is the color of battlefield manipulation.
It changes positions, swaps units, teleports allies, moves enemies, removes abilities, gains temporary control, and banishes threats. Silver often wins without having the largest unit because it changes the relationship between every unit and the hexes around them.
Silver asks a different question from the other colors: what if the current battlefield arrangement is no longer true?
Silver’s Core Plan
Silver’s main tools include:
- Teleporting allied Spils
- Moving or swapping enemy units
- Rotating multiple units across the battlefield
- Removing abilities
- Gaining control of an opponent’s Spil
- Banish effects
- Replacing one Spil with another
- Synergy with 《Bug》 and 《Cat》 cards
A defender can be moved away from a Portal. An attacker can be redirected into an unfavorable hex. An allied Spil can appear behind the enemy line without crossing the normal route.
Manipulate the Important Relationship
Silver effects can move many different pieces, but not every movement creates value.
Before using one, identify the relationship that matters:
- Which unit is protecting the Portal?
- Which support unit must remain adjacent?
- Which enemy is blocking the only route?
- Which allied Spil needs a new attack angle?
- Which unit becomes vulnerable if its ability disappears?
Do Not Create a Better Position for the Opponent
Forced movement is dangerous because the moved enemy still exists.
Moving a blocker away may open your attack, but it may also place that blocker beside your Hero. Rotating an entire land may disrupt the opponent, but it can also improve one of their attack routes.
Silver players must evaluate the complete board after the effect, not only the target they want to change.
Featured Cards
Rion — KS-HeS01
Once per turn, Rion teleports one adjacent allied Spil to an empty hex within range 2 of that Spil.
Rion creates flexible attack and defense routes. Because the destination is measured from the Spil, not the Hero, the starting position can extend the effective reach significantly.
Nopperabou — KS-SpS17
All adjacent opponent’s units lose all abilities.
Nopperabou can disable defensive keywords, support effects, or attack engines simply by occupying the correct hex. It does not remove Power, so entering beside a large unit without protection can still be dangerous.
Quantum Snake — KS-SpS19
When Quantum Snake enters, it swaps positions with one Spil within range 2.
This can pull an enemy away from a Portal, move an allied attacker into position, or exchange a threatened unit for a safer one. The effect is strongest when both the Snake’s original hex and the target’s hex have tactical value.
Dimensional Spinner — KS-SpS13
Dimensional Spinner chooses one land and shifts every unit on it one hex clockwise, one to three times.
It is a high-complexity positional effect. Before casting it, trace every unit’s final hex, blocked destination, adjacency change, and objective access. One overlooked unit can reverse the intended advantage.
Silver’s Strengths
Silver is especially effective when:
- The opponent depends on precise adjacency
- One defender protects an important route
- Teleport can bypass a crowded battlefield
- Ability removal turns a powerful unit into an ordinary body
- Banish prevents Dropped or Abyss-based value
Silver’s Weaknesses
Silver can struggle when:
- Movement effects are used without a clear objective
- Complex actions accidentally improve the opponent’s board
- The deck lacks enough Power to capitalize on the new position
- Teleport destinations are blocked
- The opponent’s threats are individually strong and do not rely on abilities or formation
Practical Silver Checklist
Before changing the board, ask:
- Which adjacency or route am I trying to break?
- What is every affected unit’s final hex?
- Does the moved enemy gain access to my Hero or Portal?
- Which allied unit can immediately use the new opening?
- Would ability removal or Banish be safer than movement?
It is powerful because it makes the opponent’s carefully built position stop meaning what it meant one action earlier.